The Institute of General Semantics has extended the deadline for submissions for the the 2-day symposium titled "Language and Symbol Use in the Twenty-First Century," which will be hosted at The Princeton Club in New York City October 25-27, 2013. The symposium will feature the 61st Alfred Korzybski Memorial Lecture, which will be given by Terrence Deacon.

The new deadline by which to send papers, proposals, and inquiries on this year’s theme, “Language and Symbol Use in the Twenty-First Century,” by August 31, 2013 September 30, 2013.

Competition for the Hayakawa Book Prize is open to any book published in the past five years on topics and themes of direct relevance to the discipline of general semantics, including time-binding, abstraction, language, symbols, meaning, communication, media, perception, consciousness, epistemology, scientific method, etc.

To nominate a book, send a letter of nomination and two copies of the book by August 31, 2013 to:

The Institute of General Semantics
72-11 Austin Street #233
Forest Hills, NY 11375

For more information, contact Martin H. Levinson, President of the Institute of General Semantics, via email at president (at) generalsemantics.org.

Call for Papers

"Language and Symbol Use in the Twenty-First Century"

A 2-Day Symposium Sponsored by the Institute of General Semantics
October 25-27, 2013

Submission Deadline: August 31, 2013 September 30, 2013

The Institute of General Semantics is sponsoring the 2-day symposium titled "Language and Symbol Use in the Twenty-First Century," which will be hosted at The Princeton Club in New York City October 25-27, 2013. The symposium will feature the 61st Alfred Korzybski Memorial Lecture, which will be given by Terrence Deacon.

Send papers, proposals, and inquiries on this year’s theme, “Language and Symbol Use in the Twenty-First Century,” by August 31, 2013 September 30, 2013.

The Institute of General Semantics has extended the deadline for submissions for its call for papers on the topic of "Language and Symbol Use in Politics and Other Arenas."

The deadline has been extended to October 1, 2012.

Call for Papers

"Language and Symbol Use in Politics and Other Arenas"

A 2-Day Symposium Sponsored by the Institute of General Semantics
October 26-28, 2012

Submission Deadline: September 1, 2012 October 1, 2012

The Institute of General Semantics is sponsoring the 2-day symposium titled "Language and Symbol Use in Politics and Other Arenas," which will be hosted at The Princeton Club in New York City October 26-28, 2012. The symposium will feature the 60th Alfred Korzybski Memorial Lecture, which will be given by Shawn Lawrence Otto.

Send papers, proposals, and inquiries on this year’s theme, “Language and Symbol Use in Politics and Other Arenas,” by September 1, 2012 October 1, 2012.

Competition for the Hayakawa Book Prize is open to any book published in the past five years on topics and themes of direct relevance to the discipline of general semantics, including time-binding, abstraction, language, symbols, meaning, communication, media, perception, consciousness, epistemology, scientific method, etc.

To nominate a book, send a letter of nomination and two copies of the book by August 31, 2012 to:

The Institute of General Semantics
72-11 Austin Street #233
Forest Hills, NY 11375

For more information, contact Martin H. Levinson, President of the Institute of General Semantics, via email at president (at) generalsemantics.org.

The Institute of General Semantics has recently relocated from Texas to New York.  Effective immediately, here is the new contact information for the Institute of General Semantics.

New Mailing Address

The Institute of General Semantics
72-11 Austin Street #233
Forest Hills, NY 11375

New Phone & Fax

Phone: +1 (212) 729-7973
Fax: +1 (718) 793-2527 (Attn: Institute of General Semantics #233)

Other Updates

Also note the new address for directing Membership payments, submissions for the Hayakawa Book Prize, and other correspondence.

The 59th Alfred Korzybski Memorial Lecture and 2-Day Symposium titled "Communicating in the 21st Century" will be hosted at the Princeton Club in New York City from Friday, October 28th, until Sunday, October 30th, 2011. 

The 59th Alfred Korzybski Memorial Lecturer will be Sherry Turkle, Abby Rockefeller Mauze Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and author of the book Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other.

Competition for the Hayakawa Book Prize is open to any book published in the past five years on topics and themes of direct relevance to the discipline of general semantics, including time-binding, abstraction, language, symbols, meaning, communication, media, perception, consciousness, epistemology, scientific method, etc.

To nominate a book, send a letter of nomination and four copies of the book by March 1, 2011 September 30, 2011 to:

President
The Institute of General Semantics
72-11 Austin Street #233
Forest Hills, NY 11375

For more information, contact Martin H. Levinson, President of the Institute of General Semantics, via email at president (at) generalsemantics.org.

Call for Papers

"Communicating in the 21st Century"

A 2-Day Symposium Sponsored by the Institute of General Semantics
October 28-30, 2011

Submission Deadline: September 30, 2011

The Institute of General Semantics is sponsoring the 2-day symposium titled "Communicating in the 21st Century," which will be hosted at The Princeton Club in New York City October 28-30, 2011.  The symposium will feature the 59th Alfred Korzybski Memorial Lecture which will be given by Sherry Turkle.

Send papers, proposals, and inquiries on this year’s theme, “Communicating in the 21st Century,” by September 30, 2011.